SPAR Durban
This Sunday is international Olympic Day and Durban will be bursting at the seams with enthusiastic runners taking to the streets for the SPAR Women’s 10/5km race. [Read more...]
Moshiywa wins Comrades
June 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Claude Moshiywa
Pretoria - South Africa’s Claude Moshiywa on Sunday won the 88th Comrades Marathon. [Read more...]
Interview with Claude Moshiywa
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Claude Moshiywa
Claude Moshiywa interview –
1. We are counting down days till Comrades Marathon on the 2nd of June, 17 to be exact. How has the training been going?
My training has been excellent this year. In 2011 I got my best up run result, so based on that result and the training I did then , I looked at the programme and made some changes here and there, so let’s see if it all comes together on the day. But I feel good and it’s now time to recover and wait. At least the early mornings and long runs are over for now. These are always hard but when you do them it makes you mentally strong as well. [Read more...]
Andreas sprints to 10k Victory
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sunday, 19 May 2013 – Track athlete Jeromy Andreas won the men’s race at the SA 10km Championships on 19 May in Ethekwini in a dramatic fashion, outsprinting Namakoe Nkhasi to win the title in 29:03. The women’s race was won by Central Gauteng’s Lebo Phalula in 33:48. [Read more...]
Interview with Stephen Muzhingi
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Stephen Muzhingi – Craig Fry
Stephen Muzhingi interview -
1. We are counting down days till Comrades Marathon on the 2nd of June, 17 to be exact. How has the training been going?
Yes it is close now to race day. The training has been fine. I feel that I am in as good shape I was at the last up run. I am over my calf injury I got at Two Oceans so it was hard work and I had to catch up training, but I can feel my body is good now. I have worked hard at speed so I feel that I am faster now than I have ever been. [Read more...]
Zola after Comrades Silver
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Zola Budd
The legendary Zola Budd will be part of a field of nearly 20000 athletes to take to the road for the 2013 Comrades Marathon on Sunday, 2 June.
Budd completed her first ever ultra-marathon last year alongside good friend and Comrades veteran Bruce Fordyce who finished his thirtieth race. The pair ran the last 25 kilometres of the race side by side to finish in a time of 8 hours 6 minutes and 9 seconds, which secured bronze medals for both. [Read more...]
Shange sets sights on SA Record
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Lebogang Shange
Thursday, 2 May 2013 – The 23 year old Lebogang Shange from Central Gauteng not only won the SA Championships, but travelled to Mauritius less than a week later where he also won the Africa Race Walking Championships. As the Africa Champion and according to the IAAF criteria, he is now considered to have automatically qualified for the World Championships in Russia in August where he is hoping to break the SA record. [Read more...]
Top finish for Nzima; Van Zyl fifth fastest
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Irvette van Zyl – London
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 – Over the past weekend, Sibusiso Nzima finished sixth at his first marathon ever while Irvette van Zyl (formally Van Blerk) became the fifth fastest female marathon athlete in South African history after finishing 10th at the London Marathon. [Read more...]
Pienaar takes 10000m Jnr title at altitude
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
SA Junior Track Champs
Friday, 5 April 2013 – The first day of the three day long SA Sub-Youth, Youth, Junior and Under 23 Championships started at Pilditch stadium in Tshwane today where the best South African athletes are battling it out for the ultimate title of South African Champion. [Read more...]
Gatebe wins Two Oceans 2013
March 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Two Oceans 2013
Novice runner David Gatebe beat a highly competitive field at the 44th Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon today in a time of 03:08:54. Gatebe, who is a sporting officer at the Implats Mine in Rustenburg, says the strong winds did not play a major role in his run. “I decided to pull away from the other runners after about 34km and managed to keep ahead. It’s a great feeling to win and I am very happy. I’m now heading to the Comrades Marathon in June and hope to repeat my success there.” [Read more...]
